A case of adult onset type II citrullinemia with portal-systemic shunt

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 127-129

  Noto, D ^a   Takahashi, K ^a,b   Hamaguchi, T ^a   Inamura, K ^c   Nobata, K ^c   Yazaki, M ^d   Ikeda, S ^d   Kobayashi, K ^e   Yamada, M ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization Iou National Hospital   (Japan)

^c TONAMI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Citrullinemia; Hepatic encephalopathy; Hyperammonemia; Liver transplantation; Portal systemic shunt

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARGININE; BENZOIC ACID; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CARNITINE; CITRULLINE;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CITRULLINEMIA; CITRULLINEMIA TYPE 2; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ONSET AGE; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CITRULLINEMIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MESENTERIC VEINS; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 67349091105     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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